Six years after Earth has suffered an alien invasion, a cynical journalist agrees to escort a shaken American tourist through an infected zone in Mexico to the safety of the U.S. border.Six years after Earth has suffered an alien invasion, a cynical journalist agrees to escort a shaken American tourist through an infected zone in Mexico to the safety of the U.S. border.Six years after Earth has suffered an alien invasion, a cynical journalist agrees to escort a shaken American tourist through an infected zone in Mexico to the safety of the U.S. border.
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 14 wins & 15 nominations total
Kerry Valderrama
- Marine
- (as Kerry Valderrema)
- Director
- Writer
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Storyline
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- TriviaThe film was improvised, with little to no outline of scenes and their direction. The two main actors were given a general outline of scenes and simply interacted with one another and the other cast members, many of whom were not actors. All the shots were improvised as well.
- GoofsSam can't get on the ferry because Andrew lost her passport, but when he bought the ticket the previous day, the sign said "no passport required."
- Quotes
Samantha Wynden: Doesn't that kind of bother you, that you need something bad to happen to profit from it?
Andrew Kaulder: You mean, like a doctor?
- ConnectionsFeatured in Behind the Scenes of 'Monsters' (2011)
- SoundtracksEl Cascabel
Written by Lorenzo Barcelata
Performed by Conjuntos Tlalixcoyan Y Medellin
Published by Peer International Corp. USA
Courtesy of Warner Music UK Limited
Featured review
Satisfying movie, if you get what sci fi really is
I first heard about this movie in a radio interview, so I was aware that it was very low budget. But lately "sci fi" movies have been all about escalating action to the point of absurdity. Classic sci fi is about people reacting to new/mysterious/dangerous situations. This movie has that, with interesting protagonists. It has echos of Sin Nobre and El Norte, and yes, the context of "alien substitution" echoes District 9. But it's not a re-make, and it's consistently entertaining, with a straight-ahead narrative. There are only a few moments where a shock reaction is telegraphed. A big studio would have made this story into an effects extravaganza. But in my opinion it's more effective showing limited interaction with the aliens.
If you can handle real sci fi -- movies without the excesses of Transformers or 2012 -- this sci fi will satisfy.
If you can handle real sci fi -- movies without the excesses of Transformers or 2012 -- this sci fi will satisfy.
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- BillK
- Oct 30, 2010
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- Countries of origin
- Official sites
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- Also known as
- Mahluqlar
- Filming locations
- Yaxha, Maya ruins, Guatemala(Exterior)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $237,301
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $20,508
- Oct 31, 2010
- Gross worldwide
- $5,060,438
- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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